Have any of you taken a gander at the prices on "Cheese" pizza at your local Pizza Shops?  Prices are starting to climb due to the chain reaction of the farm industry.  I know this doesn't have to do with real estate but found it to be rather interesting market information.

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Block cheddar cheese reached $2.08 a pound Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, up 78 percent from $1.17 a pound a year ago. At the end of 2006, the price was $1.33. Cheddar is the benchmark for mozzarella and other cheeses. Industry observers attribute the price surge to strong demand coupled with higher milk prices.

Some big pizza chains, which use mountains of cheese, already have responded.

Both Pizza Hut and Papa John's International Inc. have raised the price of their cheese-only pizzas to the same amount as one-topping pizzas at company-owned stores.

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